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Touhou girl killers whilst gaming

Rag Gendai suggests that top shrink and noted game hater 岡田尊司 / Takashi Okada’s theories on “mental pollution” are directly applicable to the case of Akiba stabber Tomohiro Kato; in his view children into games lose the ability to discern fantasy from reality, exhibiting all the symptoms of drug addiction, and so degenerate into inhuman killers shorn of all pity or remorse.

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  • Anonymous commented on July 15, 2009 05:40

    And of course this will make lots of parents think that everyone is this stupid and bad their children from playing games. None of them will realize that there was crime before games even existed... More

  • Anonymous commented on December 26, 2008 04:50

    Although being betrayed in the virtual world (which is highly likely) may give you a predisposition to distrust people (not that it isn't already sewn into Asians by their parents, to read as deeply as... More

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Lady Stabber Strikes Three at Station

Lady Stabber Strikes Three at Osaka Station

In a bizarre crime of random violence, three women were cut by an as yet unapprehended female assailant at an Osaka station, in a crime with an ominous resonance with the Akihabara incident.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 1, 2011 14:12

    Left arm injuries are foiled attempts to stab the victim in the heart, so, definite attempted murder. Source: personal experience (getting stabbed, not stabbing people lol).... More

  • Anonymous commented on October 23, 2009 23:50

    That looks like a guy in a dress with a wig on... More

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Kotobukiya Pulls Figure Over Stabber

Tales of Destiny “Leon Magnus” (or “Lion Magnus”) figure - pulled by Kotobukiya over Akiba stabber「テイルズ　オブ　デスティニー」のフィギュア「リオン・マグナス」

In what is either an act of exaggerated melodrama or craven cowardice, figure maker Kotobukiya has voluntarily suspended the impending August release of their テイルズ オブ デスティニー リオン・マグナス / Tales of Destiny “Leon Magnus” (or “Lion Magnus”) figure, citing the “social effects” of the recent Akiba incident.

In fact it seems the stabber had something of an interest in Leon, having drawn him at some length… ten years ago when he passed out of his middle school star pupil phase of life.

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  • Anonymous commented on March 10, 2010 03:28

    no break 4 u... More

  • Anonymous commented on July 8, 2009 00:33

    Really, what does Leon Magnus have to do with the "stabbing?" Just because some kid sketched Leon in his yearbook, they think that this was what made him go on a stabbing rampage TEN... More

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Stabber Copycats Emerge

Knife wielding girl prepared to strike. Firstly, a girl (17), who posted messages to a bulletin board stating that she would perpetrate a massacre at a local train station which would put the recent Akiba rampage to shame, has been charged with a misdemeanour. She claimed she did it as a prank. Read the rest of this entry »

  • BloodThirstyNogitsune commented on April 18, 2010 11:40

    Futurama quote Roberto: "now stand back 'cause I gotta practice my stabbing HAHAAAAAH! HA-HAH HAHAAAAAA!"... More

  • C.I. commented on June 16, 2008 03:43

    It is an epic fail, when you try to stab the manager of your own favourite idol when you get tickets slow.... More

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Virgin Stabber’s Boasts of Member Troubles

Akihabara stabber Tomohiro Kato’s arrest

“I’m boasting, but I’m a virgin, small, and have phimosis (and full phimosis at that)”. The ongoing efforts of the media to pin the blame for Akiba stabber Tomohiro Kato’s rampage on his otaku interests, as well as the efforts of 2ch to pin the blame on Toyota’s temp downsizing, have both taken a blow with the revelations about the man’s character emerging from a detailed dissection of the thousands of posts he made to various sites over the past year. They depict rather strongly a man obssessed with his own isolation and sexual insecurity.

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  • ynfiltra commented on September 26, 2008 03:28

    damn! why let others suffer the same fate as you have, dont they have better things to do than hurt people??? BAKERO!!!... More

  • Artefact commented on June 13, 2008 02:52

    The same thing occurred to me - it seems retraction is like a rite of passage to many Japanese, and also that phimosis is vastly more common in Japan than the West. Most people wouldn't even... More

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Mrs Wide Open, or 沢本あすか / Asuka Sawamoto as she likes to call herself, “22-year-old” exposure idol, scarlet lady and dabbling thief (30), photo by AkibaOS

Mrs Wide Open, or 沢本あすか / Asuka Sawamoto as she likes to call herself, “22-year-old” exposure idol, scarlet lady and dabbling thief (30), has seemingly attained yet a new level of notoriety with the news that knife wielding rampaging spree killer Tomohiro Kato (25) was not only a fan of knives and anime, but also nursed some perverse fascination with her street gymnastics.

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  • Anonymous commented on October 19, 2009 08:15

    Because she is pretty. And I fine her nudity harmless - a postive thang in fact. Get over your clothes fetish.... More

  • Anonymous commented on January 2, 2009 14:22

    -_-;; Why WOULD they be speaking positively!?... More

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Media Rejoices: Akiba Stabber is Otaku

Media Rejoices: Akiba Stabber is Otaku

Finally, the media finds the story it needs; we hear that Tomohiro Kato (25), the Akihabara mass murderer, had numerous dojinshi in his apartment (above), liked games, only sung anime songs at karaoke, and was an army otaku, with an interest in militaria (Fuji video bulletin, replete with ominous music). He “only had an interest in the 2D”, like a certain previous case. Let the witch-hunt begin?

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  • Anonymous commented on June 24, 2010 15:44

    otaku =/= anime only of course, that is a thing that weeaboo tend to mix up. and MOST of japan doesnt even like otaku (especially the women), which is another thing weeaboo dont comprehend. apparently they would rather... More

  • anonym0 commented on July 11, 2009 14:56

    asian media does have a tendency to twist or phrase stories to make it more juicy to the masses and boost sales...so take it with a pinch of salt(hands out salt shakers)... More

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